夜貓子

See also: 夜猫子

Chinese

	night	cat	child; son; (noun suff.) child; son; (noun suff.); small thing; midnight; 11 p.m.-1 a.m.; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch
trad. (夜貓子)	夜	貓	子
simp. (夜猫子)	夜	猫	子
Literally: “night cat”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): yèmāozi

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˋ ㄇㄠ ˙ㄗ

(Chengdu, SP): ye⁴ mao¹ zi³
Cantonese (Jyutping): je⁶ maau¹ zi²
Jin (Wiktionary): ie³ mau¹ zeh
Xiang (Wiktionary): ia⁵ mau¹ zr

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yèmāozi
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ ㄇㄠ ˙ㄗ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yehmhau.tzy
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛ⁵¹ mɑʊ̯⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: ye⁴ mao¹ zi³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: iemaoz
  - IPA ^(key): /iɛ²¹³ mau⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: je⁶ maau¹ zi²
  - Yale: yeh māau jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: je⁶ maau¹ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yé⁶ mao¹ ji²
  - IPA ^(key): /jɛː²² mɑːu̯⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: ie³ mau¹ zeh
  - IPA (old-style, no sandhi): /ie⁴⁵ mau¹¹ t͡səʔ²/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: ia⁵ mau¹ zr
  - IPA ^(key): /ia̠²¹⁻¹¹ mɒu³³ t͡sz̩³/

Noun

夜貓子

(chiefly Mandarin, Jin, colloquial) owl (Classifier: 隻／只 m)
(chiefly Mandarin, Xiang, colloquial, figuratively) night owl (Classifier: 個／个 m; 隻／只 m)

你是個夜貓子，還是早起者？ [MSC, trad.]
你是个夜猫子，还是早起者？ [MSC, simp.]
Nǐ shì ge yèmāozǐ, háishì zǎoqǐ zhě? [Pinyin]
Are you a night owl or an early bird?

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 貓頭鷹 (“owl”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鴞、梟、鴟鵂、鴟鴞、角鴟、梟鳥
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		貓頭鷹
Mandarin	Beijing	夜貓子
	Taiwan	貓頭鷹
	Tianjin	夜貓子
	Harbin	夜貓子、貓頭鷹
	Shenyang	夜貓子
	Hailar	夜貓子
	Ulan Hot	夜貓子
	Tongliao	夜貓子
	Chifeng	夜貓子
	Bayanhot	貓頭鷹
	Jinan	夜貓子、貓頭鷹
	Muping	夜貓子、貓頭兒鷹
	Luoyang	貓頭鷹、夜貓子
	Jiedian	信猴
	Xi'an	幸猴、鴟鴞
	Qingdao	夜貓子
	Zhengzhou	咕咕喵
	Xining	恨吼
	Xuzhou	夜貓子
	Yinchuan	夜貓子
	Lanzhou	恨吼、夜貓子
	Ürümqi	鴴猴兒、貓頭鷹
	Wuhan	夜貓子、貓頭鷹
	Chengdu	鬼冬哥、鬼冬哥兒、鬼燈哥、鬼燈哥兒、夜貓子、貓頭鷹
	Guiyang	鬼敦哥、鬼冬哥
	Guilin	貓頭鷹
	Liuzhou	貓頭鳥、貓頭鷹
	Kunming	貓頭鷹
	Yangzhou	貓頭鷹
	Nanjing	貓頭鷹
	Hefei	貓頭鷹
Cantonese	Guangzhou	貓頭鷹、貓兒頭鷹
	Hong Kong	貓頭鷹
	Shunde	貓頭鷹
	Foshan	貓頭鷹
	Zhongshan	貓頭鷹
	Dongguan	貓頭鷹
	Hong Kong (Weitou)	枕虼
	Taishan	貓頭鷹
	Doumen	貓頭鷹
	Kaiping	貓頭鷹
	Shaoguan	貓頭鷹
	Yunfu	貓頭鷹
	Yangjiang	鬼勾雀、鬼勾
	Xinyi	貓頭鷹
	Lianjiang	貓頭鷹
	Nanning	貓頭鷹
	Wuzhou	貓頭鷹
	Yulin	貓頭鷹
	Hepu	貓頭鷹
	Danzhou	咕咮
	Kuala Lumpur	貓頭鷹
Gan	Nanchang	夜哇子、貓頭鷹
	Lichuan	大頭鳥
	Pingxiang	貓公鳥
Hakka	Meixian	貓頭鳥、貓頭翁
	Luchuan	貓頭鷹
	Changting	貓頭鳥
	Wuping	貓頭鳥
	Yudu	貓頭鳥、貓狸鳥
	Ruijin	貓頭鳥
	Shangyou	貓頭鳥
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	貓頭鳥
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	貓頭鳥
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	貓頭鳥
	Dongshi (Dabu)	貓頭鳥
	Zhuolan (Raoping)	貓頭鳥
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	貓頭鳥
	Hong Kong	貓頭鳥
	Sabah	貓頭鷹
	Senai	貓頭鳥
	Singkawang	貓頭鳥
Huizhou	Jixi	夜鴣
Jin	Taiyuan	夜貓子、咶咶油
	Xinzhou	禿嘶角
	Baochang	突鴟怪
	Jining	貓頭鷹
	Hohhot	夜貓子、禿死怪、貓頭鷹
	Baotou	貓頭鷹、禿鴟怪
	Dongsheng	鴟怪子
	Linhe	貓頭鷹、鴟怪子
	Haibowan	夜貓子、鴟怪子
Min Bei	Jian'ou	牯鼎鷂、牯鼎仔
Min Dong	Fuzhou	貓王鳥
	Fuqing	貓王鳥、貓頭鷹
	Yongtai	貓王鳥
	Gutian	鴣王囝
	Fu'an	貓狸頭鴣鳥
	Ningde	貓狸鳥
	Shouning	貓咪頭鳥
	Fuding	貓咪鳥
Min Nan	Xiamen	暗光鳥、鴣黃
	Quanzhou	暗光鳥、鴣黃、貓頭鷹
	Zhangzhou	暗光鳥、鴣黃
	Taipei	暗光鳥、貓頭鷹仔
	Kaohsiung	暗光鳥、貓頭鳥、鴣黃
	Tainan	暗光鳥、鴣黃
	Taichung	貓頭鳥
	Wuqi	貓頭鳥
	Hsinchu	貓頭鳥
	Taitung	貓頭鳥
	Lukang	暗光鳥、貓頭鳥
	Sanxia	暗光鳥、貓頭鳥
	Yilan	暗光鳥、貓頭鳥
	Kinmen	暗光鳥
	Magong	貓頭鳥、暗光鳥
	Penang	暗光鳥
	Singapore	暗光鳥、貓頭鷹、貓頭鳥
	Philippines (Manila)	暗光鳥
	Pingnan	貓頭鳥
	Chaozhou	貓頭鷹
	Wenchang	哥王
	Haikou	貓頭鷹
Puxian Min	Putian	貓鯉鷹
Puxian Min	Xianyou	古門貓
Pinghua	Nanning	貓頭鷹
Pinghua	Guilin	貓兒頭鳥、貓頭鷹
Wu	Shanghai	貓頭鷹
	Suzhou	貓頭鷹
	Hangzhou	貓頭鷹
	Wenzhou	竹萑、貓頭鷹
	Chongming	夜貓
	Danyang	貓頭鷹
	Jinhua	貓局瘟
	Ningbo	竹萑、貓頭鷹
Xiang	Changsha	貓頭鳥、貓哭鳥、貓頭鷹
	Shuangfeng	哭鳥
	Xiangtan	哭鳥
	Loudi	哭鳥子、夜貓子
	Quanzhou	貓頭鷹

Dialectal synonyms of 夜貓子 (“night owl”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		夜貓子
Mandarin	Beijing	夜貓子
	Taiwan	夜貓子
	Chengdu	夜貓子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	夜貓
Cantonese	Hong Kong	夜貓
Min Nan	Xiamen	暗光鳥
	Quanzhou	暗光鳥
	Zhangzhou	暗光鳥
	Taipei	暗光鳥
	Kaohsiung	暗光鳥
Xiang	Changsha	夜貓子、夜精

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